Gigi Fernández is a Puerto Rican former professional tennis player, born Beatriz Fernández on 22 February 1964, who won 17 major doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals representing the United States and reached the world number one ranking in doubles. Her 17 Grand Slam women's doubles titles were six at the French Open, five at the US Open, four at Wimbledon and two at the Australian Open. She reached a career high singles ranking of number 17 in 1991 and the Wimbledon singles semifinals in 1994 while ranked 99. After retiring from the tour in 1997 she became a tennis coach, entrepreneur and philanthropist, and founded Tennis for Hope.
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She combines her two passions, tennis and travel
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Fernández won 17 major doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals representing the United States
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17 Grand Slam women's doubles title, six French Open, five US Open, four Wimbledon
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